ракија

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish rakı), from Arabic عَرَقِيّ (ʿaraqiyy, of liquor), from عَرَق (ʿaraq, perspiration) which metaphorically refers to condensation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ki.ja/

Noun

ракија (rakija) f

  1. rakija

Inflection


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], probably from Arabic عَرَق (ʿaraq, sweat; wine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǎkija/
  • Hyphenation: ра‧ки‧ја

Noun

ра̀кија f (Latin spelling ràkija)

  1. (uncountable) rakija

Declension

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